(someone's) hands are full

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(someone's) hands are full

Someone is too busy or has too much going on to be able to do or become involved with anything else. I really wish that I could babysit for you tonight, but I'm afraid my hands are full at the moment.Normally I'd pass a project like this on to Dave, but his hands are quite full this month.

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